Boarding the deck of the Kirin, Chu Li waved his hand and beckoned to the crowd of people seeing off by the river, and the ministers on the riverside responded with fists in response.

"Set sail." Chu Li said softly.

When Han Yong heard this, he shouted, "Beat the drum and set sail." ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Suddenly, hundreds of drums on thirty warships made a deafening knocking sound.

Immediately afterwards, the paddlers of all the boats operated the oars together, and more than 50 large ships and nearly 10 small boats left the ferry one after another and marched along the river towards the east.

The crowd of people who saw them off had been standing by the river and silently watching the departure of the fleet, and Chu Li on the boat also climbed to the terrace on the top floor and looked at the crowd of people who saw them off.

In the early morning, the fog on the river was very large, and soon, the crowd of people who saw them off disappeared from Chu Li's sight.

Chu Li turned his head, looked at Han Yong behind him, and asked softly, "Master Han, how long will it take for the fleet to reach Liaodong at the earliest." ”

Han Yong thought for a moment, and said, "It will take at least more than half a month, or even longer." ”

"Oh, it took so long." Chu Pu sighed.

Seeing Chu Li's surprise, Han Yong explained: "General, there is a northwest wind blowing in the middle of winter, and the fleet is heading to Liaodong against the wind, and the speed is naturally not fast, and if you encounter the sailors of Zhao State on the road, whether you meet or dodge, you will be delayed for a lot of time. ”

"Well, more than half a month, it should be in time." Chu Di nodded and muttered to himself.

When Hua An heard this, he was a little confused, and asked with a fist: "General Chu, what is in time." ”

Chu Li smiled and said softly: "In more than half a month, there should be no war in Liaodong, so that we can complete the emperor's order, and it will be much smoother." ”

After hearing this, Hua An nodded, indeed, if the war in Liaodong did not start, Murong Hao would definitely stay in his lair, and once the fight started, God knows where Murong Hao would lead the troops to run, and it would naturally be difficult to canonize Murong Hao if he couldn't find him, besides, the mission would also face danger.

"It's still General Chu who is thoughtful." Hua An couldn't help but praise.

Chu Li smiled slightly and looked up at both sides of the river.

The flotilla lined up in two lines, going down the river as fast as possible, and by mid-afternoon, the whole flotilla had crossed Jiyang and entered the mouth of the sea.

A faint island appeared in front of him, Hua An guessed that this must be the Qilin Island that Han Yong said, and sure enough, without waiting for Hua An to ask, Han Yong couldn't wait to introduce it to everyone.

"General Chu, the island ahead is the station of my Qilin Battalion." Han Yong said loudly.

Chu Li raised his eyes and looked, and in the sea in front of him, there was indeed an inconspicuous island, so he asked curiously: "Master Han, why is the Qilin Camp stationed on such an inconspicuous island, there are many ferries on both sides of the river." ”

Han Yong was relieved when he heard this, and replied loudly: "General Chu doesn't know, although the island here is inconspicuous, but it is held at the mouth of the river, if the army of Zhao State sneaks up on Jiankang or Wu County from the sea, it will inevitably pass through this island, my Qilin battalion is guarded here, and even if Zhao Guo has 100,000 sailors, he can't pass through guò."

When Chu Pei, Hua An and the others heard this, they couldn't stop nodding their heads in praise, and at the same time, they also wanted to witness the demeanor of the Qilin Camp station.

"Master Han, this time, the Qilin Battalion will go to Liaodong with Ben, if Zhao Guoshui attacks by sea, what should I do." Chu Li asked softly.

Han Yong smiled indifferently and said disdainfully: "Zhao Guo has just lost to my Great Jin, and he is busy with the war in the north at this time, so he will definitely not use troops against my Great Jin, besides, the station of my Qilin battalion is not only my Qilin battalion, but also the other two battalions of sailors, which is enough to ensure the safety of my Great Jin sea route." ”

"Haha! Han Yingzhu's analysis is very reasonable, Zhao Guo really has no intention of using troops against my Great Jin at this time, and we can rest assured that we can go to Liaodong boldly. Chu Li smiled and praised.

The fleet marched forward for a while, and soon arrived at Kirin Island, where more than a dozen large warships were moored in the harbor, and it looked spectacular from a distance.

Seeing the Kirin, the soldiers in the port warship all climbed onto the deck and waved to the Kirin.

Chu Li, Hua An, Han Yong and others also stretched out their hands to greet each other.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The soldiers on the warship in the port of Qilin Island beat the drum violently to see off the Great Jin mission.

Soon, the soldiers in the flotilla also beat the drums in return, and the two sides slammed into a large drum, and in the huge drum beat of 'dong dong dong', the flotilla gradually moved away from the island of unicorn and sailed north along the coastline.

Standing on the terrace of the Kirin, looking at the rolling waves and endless sea, as well as flocks of white seagulls flying freely on the blue sea, everyone was in a very comfortable mood.

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sea, forming a large area of beautiful light, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Three groups of sailors took turns to fight, and the whole fleet cleaved the waves and marched to Liaodong at the fastest speed, but the howling northeast wind was still too strong, and the speed of the fleet was lower than the pre-imagined result, and when the wind was too strong, the fleet had to stop moving and hide behind an island to resist the roaring northeast wind.

For ten days, the flotilla traveled only about a third of the way.

In the sheltered harbor of an island, listening to the cold wind roaring wantonly, Chu Li was a little anxious, at this time, on this island has been hiding for a whole day, the roaring northeast wind actually did not show a trace of weakening, but blew stronger and stronger, and even goose feathers and snow fell in the sky.

Chu Li stood alone on the terrace of the Kirin, tilting his head and letting the falling snowflakes fall on his face.

"General Chu, it's too cold up there, come to the cabin!" Hua An climbed onto the terrace and opened his mouth to build a road.

Chu Li stretched out his hand to dust off the snowflakes on his body, sighed, and went down to the cabin on the second floor with Hua An.

At this time, in the cabin, a group of idle soldiers were sitting around chatting, and when they saw Chu Li coming in, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Sit and sit, the soldiers will continue to talk, and there is no need to be restrained in front of the general." Chu Li has always had a gentle personality, even when he is upset, he will not beat and scold his subordinates at will to get angry.

Seeing that Chu Li's attitude was extremely kind, a group of soldiers sat down in turn, Chu Li also found a place and sat down, Hua An and Han Yong sat on both sides.

At this time, Chu Di, the supreme commander of the mission, was in front of him, and although the soldiers all sat down, their eyes were wide and small, and none of them spoke, and they were stunned one by one.

"Well, it's all dumb, the soldiers will continue to talk." Chu Li signaled the soldiers not to be nervous.

The soldiers still look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak.

In fact, as long as there is one person who takes the lead in talking about a certain topic at this time, the atmosphere on the scene will soon be warm, and Chu Li is naturally the best candidate, but he is in a bad mood and doesn't know what to say.

In order to break the awkward atmosphere in the house, Hua An first spoke: "Soldiers, when you were young, did you touch a fish in the river? ”

Most of the soldiers of the Qilin Battalion have been excellent in water since they were children, and they don't need to think about fishing, they must have done a lot, and the reason why Hua'an asked this question is to resonate with the soldiers.

"I've touched it."

"I've touched it too."

"I've touched it in the river or in the lake."

"In our village, there is no one who can touch fish like me."

Dozens of soldiers from the Qilin Battalion said loudly, and the atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became a lot warmer.

Seeing the enthusiastic response of the soldiers, Hua An smiled indifferently and said loudly: "When Ben was three years old, he was able to touch a ten-pound big fish from the lake, and he went down with his bare buttocks, which of you compared." ”

Hua An is obviously joking when he says this, to make everyone happy, such a cold day, trapped on an island that has no village in front of the village and no store in the back, if even the hearts of the soldiers are cold, then it will be troublesome, a proper joke, to make the soldiers happy, can improve morale in a certain way.

"Hahaha!"

Sure enough, as Hua'an expected, the soldiers listened to it and laughed, none of them believed it, of course, no one doubted it with a bare buttocks, and no one believed it at all when they caught a ten-pound fish.

Several soldiers in the cabin began to talk to their comrades next to them about the interesting story of catching fish when they were children, and from time to time raised their voices to argue, and soon, more soldiers began to talk about their stories.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the cabin was completely warm, Hua An also felt warm, and after chatting with the soldiers again, Hua An closed his mouth and looked at Chu Li.

I saw that Chu Di's face was much better, and there was even a hint of a smile between the corners of his mouth from time to time, and the face of sighing and worrying alone on the terrace just now was long gone, replaced by a happy expression.

Chu Li is the backbone of the entire mission, his mood is comfortable, his health is better, and Hua'an is relieved.

After waiting for two whole days, the cold northwest wind stopped roaring, the snowflakes in the sky no longer fell, and on the calm sea, the fleet of the Great Jin Mission embarked on the journey north.

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At the moment when the Great Jin delegation went north to Liaodong, Shi Hu of Yecheng was not idle, he carefully recruited 30,000 warriors from among the Hu tribes, and all of them were awarded as Longteng Zhonglang.

At the same time, in order to completely capture Liaodong and Liaoxi, Taobao, who was guilty of meritorious service, was sent as the general of Henghai and Wang Hua as the general of Liao, and led 100,000 sailors to set off from Piaoyujin.

In addition, Zhixiong was sent as the general of Long Xiang, Yao Gezhong was the champion general, and led 70,000 infantry and cavalry as the vanguard to attack Duan Liao.

The remaining 100,000 main forces were led by Shi Hu himself, waiting for an opportunity to march and attack Duan Liao.

On the eve of the army, Shi Hu feasted the ministers in the palace of Yecheng, and all the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were present.

Shi Hu sat on the dragon chair, the case in front of him was full of various dishes and delicious wine and meat, and the front of His Royal Highness's Minister of Literature and Military Affairs was also full of wine and meat, the civil officials were on the left, the military generals were on the right, and the large area vacated in the middle was the place where the dancing girls danced.

Nibbling on the delicious leg of mutton, gulping down the wine, and raising his eyes to admire the graceful and light figure of the dancing girl, Shi Hu and the Manchu Dynasty were immersed in pleasure for a while.